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Be it known that I, GEORGE B.FL1NT, of Sing Sing, in the county of Westchester, State'of NewYork, have i invented certain new and useful Improvements inthe i `Construction of Forks for Pitching-HaMannre, and

the like; and I do herebydeclare that the following a full and eiract description thereof. i My invention relates to that portion where the fork joins the handle. i

I will first describe what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention, and will afterward desig- `natethe points-which I believe to-be new. p

Theaccompanying drawings form a part of this p specification.

Figure l is a side view. 1

Figure 2 is a centrallongitudinal section. Figure 3 is a cross-section Online S S in iig. 1. Y Figure 4 is a'cross-sectionon line T T in fig. l. Figure 5 is a crossesection on line U U in fig. l.l

` These `figures show the form'of the invention which i i I prefer for general purposes.

Figures 6 and .Tai-e sections of a modification, which is useful where more than two tines are required. i Figure 8 is a section of still another modification.

` Figures 9 and 10 show still another modification,

l p holding six tines.

The drawings represent fthe novel parts, with so much of the other parts as is necessary to understand the invention. Y i I Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding Referring. to figs. 1l to 5, and describing the fork as being held with the points uppermost, as represented,

A is a handle, of ash, or other suitable wood, thor- B is a ferrule, of malleable cast-iron4or other suit- B is an end piece, which may with the part B, or maybe made separately, 'and fitted tightly .in place by inserting it through the large end vof the fel-rule, and driving it tightly to its place.

"C C are tines, having square tangs O, and heads'or hooks c at the extreme ends,.the functions of which latter willpresently appear. 'i

There are, on the interior of the ferrnle, ridges, or

lugsb, extending` longitudinally, and adapted to fit fairly against two of thel faces of lthe tangsG.

The hooks or heads c, on the ends ofQthetangs,

p spread out below the lugs, the wood beingproperly" recessed, by machinery or otherwise, to allow for the presence ofthe lugs b, vthe tang's G1, and the heads c, and the whole being fitted fairlytogether, as represented.

lhe ferrule B is secured upon the handle A by a pin or screw, D.` i l My fork is very firmly and strongly secured together, and it possesses theadvantage over any other construcbe formed. in one piece the tines are held immovably in place, and supported very strongly bythe ferrule, as well as by the wood, the exterior of the ferrule is round, and. may be iinished in a lathe. f

When, in consequence of the breakage ofthe tines,

`in the body of the ferrule.

lhese recesses may be extended quite through the ferrnle, if desired, and the hooks` c may extend Iout 'flush with or beyond theouter surface `of the ferrnle,

but I do not consider such a provision generally necessary. l e Y If the heads or hooks c are small, I can insert the V tangs into the ferrule, tang foremost, but I propose ordinarily to make the `hooks or heads c of considerf able size, and adapt the tines to thrust through from below, or point foremost. In either case, the'tines mustbevput in'place in the ferrule before the handle A is introduced.

Referring togs. 6` and 7-. C* Cl represent the tangs of those tines which formV the outer tines of the fork, and

' C2 Cz are the tangs of the tines, which are distributed` in the space between the former.` f

This construction is adapted vto what are known as dung-forks, and thenumber of tines may be increased still further, if necessary, by making the tangs flat, as indicated in iig. 8. j f

The same description given above of figs. l to 5, applies equally to this construction. In this, as inthe p other, thelugs b support the tangs laterally, and form anvabutinent,-or support for the'hooks c, to resist any end-`pull on the tines. f

The'middle series of tangs may, if preferred, ,take hold of the adjacent tangs, instead of taking interecesses Vin the ferrule B. 1

I can, if desired, produce the tangs in a tapering form, as indicated in fig. 9, and, iu such case, can hold the tangs with considerable firmness without providing any special hooks c, but I prefer ordinarily to provide the hooks yc, formed and arranged substantially as represented in the preceding figures, whether the tangs are tapered or not.

v Fig. 10 shows the other view of the same construction, and shows clearly how the handle is'tapered, and fits between the tines, and presses them outward firmly elled tnes being pressed outward, filling up rmly between the lugs when to their places, preventing their being forced outward from their planes.

Having now fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

I claim supporting the tangs Within a, round ferrule by the means of internal lugs b, with the aid of hooks c, or their equivalents, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

1 Witnesses:

C. C. LIVINGS, W. E. RUTTAN.

GEORGE B. FLINT. 

